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Sceloenopla subcornuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Sceloenopla
Species:
S. subcornuta
Binomial name
Sceloenopla subcornuta
(Baly, 1858)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cephalodonta subcornuta Baly, 1858

Sceloenopla subcornuta is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).[2]

Description

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Adults are broadly elongate, rather wider behind, depressed above and rufo-fulvous. The rufo-violaceous elytra are produced at the posterior angles into a flattened, acute, black spine. Each elytron has five large fulvous spots, which almost entirely cover the whole surface.[3]

Life history

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No host plant has been documented for this species.[2]

References

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  1. "Sceloenopla subcornuta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  2. 1 2 Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Sceloenoplini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  3. Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.